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WELCOME TO HAYDEN HAND-BUILT
GUITAR AMPLIFICATION
Thank you for choosing a Hayden hand-wired guitar
amplifier. To ensure that you receive the full benefits of
the Hayden warranty, please register your amplifier at
www.haydenamps.com
WARRANTY
Your amplifier is covered by a a one year warranty, against
defects in materials and workmanship, for the original
purchaser. Hayden will, at their discretion, replace or repair
any product or part thereof, which is found by Hayden to be
defective. This warranty shall not apply to the damage of
covering, fittings or finishes when affected by carelessness,
accident or extreme climate changes. Nor does it apply to
normal wear and tear of parts such as valves, fuses, light
bulbs, speakers, controls etc.
In the unlikely event of any defect, please contact an
authorised Hayden dealer. All transport charges are to be
pre-paid by the Owner. Unless your purchase is registered
on-line, normal country warranty laws apply.
DESIGN AND BUILD PHILOSOPHY
In Hayden’s UK hand-wired guitar amps, we have set out to
capture what it was that made the now so desirable
vintage amps so great in the first place.
The Hayden amplifiers are hand-built in the UK using
appropriate construction methods to create guitar amps of
distinctive, yet familiar tone, at affordable prices.
Hayden amps are designed to meet the modern guitarist’s
need for an amplifier that is reliable, easy to set up, and
consistently delivers a good core tone from which to work.
The gain ranges are kept with sensible parameters,
allowing the player to integrate a wide range of pedals into
the set-up. On multi-channel amplifiers, the switching and
controls are kept simple, while still retaining flexibility.
Where fitted, effects loops will accommodate the input and
output levels of a wide variety of pedals and external
processors, while larger Hayden amps feature valve-driven
and recovered, footswitchable sends and returns for
maximum signal integrity. And because all footswitchable
functions are accessed by a single footswitch, they always
remain accessible, even in the event of a footswitch failure.
Hayden hand-wired guitar amps feature valve circuitry from
start to finish – indeed semi-conductors are only used in
the power supply and footswitching circuits.
Transformers are comfortably over-specified and thermally
protected for long-term reliability, and chassis are
constructed from non-magnetic and corrosion-resistant
stainless steel.
Where appropriate, printed circuit boards are used, with a
variety of techniques employed to maximise the advantages
of each construction method as follows:
Tag Board
Gold plated tags are inserted into the printed circuit board
and the components soldered to the tags, ensuring all the
benefits of this traditional construction system without the
tiny interconnecting wires which can be prone to breaking.
Tag Board NT
As above but without the tags, components are soldered
into eyelets within the board, allowing replacement without
removing the board.
Full PCB
Used on the larger, more complex amplifiers, only small
signals and currents pass through the tracks, with heaters,
anodes, etc. hard-wired off the board. This approach
provides the consistency and repeatability of PCBs, without
the arcing risks normally associated with this type of
construction. Once again, components that are prone to
damage can be easily accessed without removing the
boards.